The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
ITALIAN AMBITION.
An Earnest Purpose to Become the Ucnt
or the Latin Nations.

An Earnest Purpose To Become the Zen,
or the Latin Nations.
Had he wished to publish his whol
thought, 1T j" probable that Siguo
Crispi, on his return from Fricdnrichs
ruhc, would have mado a declaration
more impressive than Il mutilatyd ccht
OF the message borne from Berlin b,
Beaconsiield, 81 bring peace witt
honor" UnqucstiOnably firm lca9u,
between the three central powers shout,
tend to the maintenance OF peace in Tn
rope, and might even be deemed t,
guarantee tranquility, il tho policy O
France were not so likely to bC shnpcc
by passion, and if the course Of Russl.
were not determined by tho feelings o.
an autocratic ruler. by anything tha
even postponed the outbreak of an Eu
ropean war, all the States of tho Cont
nent cannot but profit, aud among thcu
Italy. But, besides II share OF the gen
crtl blessings flowing from peace, the
Italian Prime Minister il believed tc
! contemplate certain special advantages
TO accrue to his country from partner.
ship with Germany and Auustra. II
was not, IN oth,r words, peace only that
SlSnor Crlspi brought back from Fried
erichsruhc, bnt the conviction that Italy,
whether peace or war awaits her, has at
last prospect of recovering tho head
ship OF the Latin nations and ito prc.
pondcrancc which once belonged to
Genoa and Venice in tho Mediterranean.
In the breast OF every pntriotic Italian
| since the unitication Of the peninsula.
the belief has been rooted that he, and
not the Frcnchman, is the rightful rep
rcsentatlvc and distincd upholdcr of the
Latin civilization and tho Roman fame.
no contends that his country, if the
princlDlc OF natlonaliLics were faithfully
carried out, would even now contain ms
many inhabitants as Franco, whilo its
population will expand much foster
through the operation of certain physio-
logical tendencies. Wrrtchcdly poor aa
"r" the masses Of the Italian peasantry
and mccssantly depleted IA they are Nv
emigration, they yet increase so rapidly
that Italy, 1t has been computed, must
even without territorial aCcessipns, over
take aud oulstrip France in the conrge
of u single generation. There are, more
nv,r, many millions Of MISUNDERSTANDING
human hrn8s that aIc still outside Of
h'nS iiumbcrts dOmiuiOns. IIcy be-
long to that Italia i,r,dcnta, the longing
Tor which, although Of Late for polite
r1n>oms less loudly uttered, rrmnins in
cXtlnguisEIab!o. Could Italy incorpor,tc
ali tnnt pcrmns to her 10y race, lurguegc
AMI hstcr'cnl associations, Sic would
take from tie French Rvpubiic Nee,
savoy ANA Corsica, and from An trin nrt
Only tho ircntlno and Trieste, hut the
whole l'tr!an, SchNoniun and Dauntiau
coast OF tho AdriuIr, which once was
INtin and a'terwnr Is Venetian. From
turkey, also, she would claim Albania,
mus acquiring the whole liiyrirn and
Eplcot sea coast down TO tho Strait Of
Crantu, aud making the AGratio what
IL USED u bc before the advent OF the
Ottoman. an Italian lake.
That IL what al Italians believe tbay
ought to have, but, having recovered
tnclr hereditary possessions, they would
not stop there. ConcedinK to thcir i as
TRAN cOpaitners iSuloni"n, tho whoin
northern scaC0ast of the Iyrau ana the
probable rcvcrslOn tD CUuatnutinOulp,
they would claim Cmdla and al those
islands Of the Archipelago, now Turkish,
but which fell to Venice on the partition
OF the Greek empire. They would claim
1rp0n and that coast track oi Burca
which was 80 populous ana fruitful un-
der the name Of pcuttpolls. Nor would
they, IN tho event of successful war
with Franco forget that iii ruEis tho
resident Italians out number the French
men ten to one. AT Alexandria, also.
md throughout the Delta, thcy consti-
tutr, next To the Greek, tho strongest
clement III the European population, and
through the good Will OF England aud
support of Germany, they may look for
ward TO acquiring tho influence formerly
possessed 10y France i'll the Nile Valley.
Throughout the Lcyant, in fact Ituly,
II she act iii concert with England, may
dream OF supplnnting France, partlcH.
larly if tho Eurhratcs Railway IL built
with English capital. Mean while at the
western gate Of tho Mediterranean,
Italian, German and English ronclnds
are preparing to cooperate for the de-
feat Of French designs upon Morocco,
on the theory that no European power
but Spain can safely be allowed to occu-
pv the Strait Of GiUra.tnr From Spuin
Italy has nothing to fear and much to
gain.
Such arc the perhaps unacknowlcdged
but really cherished visions Of every
Italian who loves lis country and be-
llcycs her destined to prove by ler
achievements til, She is uu example, not
OF national decrepitudc, but Of unox-
hausted youth.